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Willem Anker Stellenbosch academic and novelist (Siegfried)

Lauren Beukes author, cartoon scriptwriter and journalist (Moxyland)

BlaqPearl Cape Town performance poet

André Brink leading South African novelist (recent memoir: A Fork in the Road / ’n Vurk in die Pad)

Andrew Brown Cape Town advocate, novelist and police reservist (Coldsleep Lullabye, Street Blues)

Edyth Bulbring Johannesburg journalist and author (The Club)

Justin Cartwright South African novelist now living in England (The Song Before it is Sung, To Heaven by Water – due in April)

Jenny Crwys-Williams author, critic, journalist and broadcaster from Johannesburg

Dennis Davis Cape Town judge

Nelleke DeJager Cape Town publisher

Finuala Dowling Cape Town academic, poet and novelist (Flyleaf, Notes from the Dementia Ward)

Max DuPreez journalist, columnist, political analyst and documentary film maker, now living in the Western Cape (Of Tricksters, Tyrants and Turncoats)

Victor Dlamini Johannesburg-based communications executive and critic

Tom Eaton Cape Town satirist, scriptwriter and novelist

Tan Twan Eng advocate and novelist from Malaysia (The Gift of Rain)

Alexandra Fuller Zimbabwe writer now living in Wyoming. (Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, Scribbling the Cat, The Legend of Colton H. Bryant)

Petina Gappah Zimbabwean lawyer, novelist and short story writer (An Elegy for Easterly) now living and working in Geneva

Tracy Gilpin short story writer and novelist (Double Cross), now working in communications in Cape Town

Jeremy Gordin Johannesburg journalist, editor, publishing executive and biographer (Zuma: A Biography)

Louise Grantham Johannesburg publisher

Pippa Green Johannesburg journalist, broadcaster and biographer (Choice, Not Fate : The Life and Times of Trevor Manuel)

Peter Harris Johannesburg lawyer and consultant on election and resolution processes (In a Different Time)

Michiel Heyns Stellenbosch academic, novelist (The Typewriter’s Tale) and translator (Agaat)

Christopher Hope South African novelist now living in France (My Mother’s Lovers) and FLF Director

Zubeida Jaffer journalist and political analyst from Cape Town (Our Generation, Love in the Time of Treason: The Life Story of Ayesha Dawood)

Elwyn Jenkins retired Pretoria professor who specialises in South African children’s literature and has served on official SA place naming bodies (Falling into Place)

Neil Jewell Franschhoek chef, author of Bread & Wine

Shaun Johnson Cape Town journalist, CEO of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation and novelist (The Native Commissioner)

Aryan Kaganof Cape Town novelist (Uselessly) and poet

Ronelda Kamfer Cape Town author and poet (Noudat Slapende Honde)

Fred Khumalo Johannesburg journalist, columnist and novelist (Seven Steps To Heaven, Touch My Blood )

Koos Kombuis rock star satirist from Somerset West (The Complete Secret Diaries of God)

Suzette Kotze-Myburgh freelance editor who lives near Stellenbosch

Karabo Kgoleng Johannesburg broadcaster and critic

Mandla Langa ANC activist, ex-Icasa chairperson and novelist (The Lost Colours of the Chameleon), now based in Johannesburg

Sindiwe Magona Cape Town motivational speaker, poet, playwright, actor, author of children’s books and novelist (To My Children’s Children, Beauty’s Gift)

Susan Mann Cape Town novelist

Lebo Mashile Actor, TV presenter and performance poet (Flying Above the Sky) from Johannesburg

Rajend Mesthrie Cape Town academic and linguist (World Englishes)

Helen Moffett Cape Town writer and editor (The Art & Science of Cricket)

Terry Morris Johannesburg publisher

John Maytham Cape Town broadcaster and critic

Michele Magwood Johannesburg columnist and critic

Phakama Mbonambi journalist and publishing editor of Wordsetc

Toby Mundy CEO and Publisher at Atlantic Books, UK

Tim Noakes Cape Town sports scientist and academic (The Art & Science of Cricket)

Reuben Riffel Franschhoek chef, author of Reuben Cooks … Food is Time Travel

Henrietta Rose-Innes Cape Town novelist and short story writer (The Rock Alphabet, “Poison” won the 2008 Caine Prize)

Alex Smith Cape Town writer of travel books (Algeria’s Way, Drinking From the Dragon’s Well)

Roger Smith screenwriter, film and TV producer and thriller writer (Mixed Blood) now living in Cape Town

Dianne Stewart author of children’s books (Folk Tales from Africa), creative writing teacher and compiler (Durban in a Word) from KwaZulu Natal

Vikas Swarup diplomat, Deputy High Commissioner for India in Pretoria, and best-selling novelist (Q&A – now the award-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire – and Six Suspects)

Diale Tlholwe teacher, journalist and author from Ekurhuleni (Ancient Rites)

Mike van Graan playwright (Green Man Flashing, Bafana Republic) and Director of the African Arts Institute

Eben Venter Afrikaans novelist now living in Australia (Horrelpoot /Trencherman)

Ben Williams of the Book SA website, from Cape Town

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Ben Williams of the Book SA website, from Cape Town

Jenny Crwys-Williams author, critic, journalist and broadcaster from Johannesburg

John Maytham Cape Town broadcaster and critic

Karabo Kgoleng Johannesburg broadcaster and critic

Michele Magwood Johannesburg columnist and critic

Phakama Mbonambi journalist and publishing editor of Wordsetc

Toby Mundy CEO and Publisher at Atlantic Books, UK

Victor Dlamini Johannesburg-based communications executive and critic